Improvement in harrows



UNITED l STATES PATENT OFFICE- SAMUEL MILLER, or WINHSTER, oHIo.

" IMPR'OVEM ENT `IN HARRows.

Specification forming part of Lettt rs Pate-lit- N'o. 31,731, dated March-19, lrl.

-l?) all whom, t mag/,concrrw Be it known that I, SAMUEL MILLER, of W'inehester, in the county of Preble and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Har-rows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,'ol'ear.- and exact description of the sa1ne,reference being had Yto the accompanying drawings, and tothe' letters of reference'inarked thereon, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a fallow-ground llarrow; Fig. 2, a plan of a joint-barrow; Fig. 3, plan of Awide harrow; Fig. .}4, plan of cornharrow; Fig. 5, plan of cultivaton'and Fig. side elevation of single plow..

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangements of those parts hereinafter set pforth.

`To enable others skilled inthe artto make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe 4its construction and mode of alteration.

A represents the main or center piece; B B

yand C C, thewings or side pieces.

D D are pieces parallel to the main piece, and connect the wings B Bland C- C, as fully represen-ted in Fig. 1.

`E E are end pieces, which are secured to the main piece A by means of a Wide staple, e,

vwhich cover the ends of E E, as fully shown.

Now, to change [he fallow-groundharrow into a joint-barrow, I simply move the pieces D VD closer to the main piece'. A, set? the wings B B and C C farther back, and connect CIO with one of the pieces E. To change it intoaWid-e harrow, I remove the main `piece entirely,

bolt the ends of Wings BB togethenan'd cou-V neet them nearthe center wit-hone of the wings C, as seen in Fig. 3;- To change it into a single plow, take the main piece A, lbolt one' of the end pieces E toit, and secure the handles a (s as seen in Fi g. 6. .Thus it will be observed that.- by'construetiug the various pieces as represented in the drawings the farmer may have Without additional expense a variety of Attest: y

LEVI HOL'rRY, A. STIVER. 

